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Lydia Cooke 1724–1802 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Aug 1724

Birth Location: East Greenwich Rhode Island

Death Date: 1802

Death Location: Chatham, Columbia County, New York, United States of America

Father: Ebenezer Cooke

Mother: Patience Gorton

Spouse(s): Caleb Sheffield

Children(s): Lydia Sheffield

Lydia Cooke was born in 1724 in East Greenwich Rhode Island, the child of Ebenezer Cooke And Patience Hopkins Gorton. Lydia Cooke married Caleb Sheffield, and had children including Lydia Sheffield. Lydia Cooke passed away in 1802 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Lydia Cooke was born in 1724 in East Greenwich Rhode Island, the child of Ebenezer Cooke And Patience Hopkins Gorton.
  • Lydia Cooke married Caleb Sheffield, and had children including Lydia Sheffield.
  • Lydia Cooke passed away in 1802 in Chatham, Columbia County, New York, United States of America.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lydia Cooke's Ancestors

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Lydia Cooke
1724–1802
Birth Place: East Greenwich Rhode Island
Parents
Ebenezer Cooke
1698–1774
Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, USA
Patience (Hopkins) Gorton
1700–1788
Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island, United States
Grandparents
Phebe (Weeden,) Cooke
1652–1714
Newport, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Samuel ((8GU) Gorton) IV
1672–1721
Warwick, Rhode Island
Patience Hopkins
1675–1719
Providence, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Hopkins
1660–1676
Sarah Hopkins
1650–1699
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Lydia Cooke's Descendants

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Lydia Cooke (10 Aug 1724–1802) m. Caleb Sheffield (1724–22 January 1816)
  1. 1. Lydia Sheffield 1759–1805 m. Simeon LEWIS 1774–1862
    1. 1. Lydia (Lewis) (Lovell) 1789–1850 m. Ira (Luther) LOVELL 1791–1851
      1. 1. Thomas (Lewis) Lovell 1815–1896 m. Eliza (E) SHEFFLETON 1819–1909
        1. 1. Lydia (Jane) Lovell 1843–1922 m. James McCullough 1837–1892

Lydia Cooke's Timeline

2 Records

1724
10 Aug 1724
Birth of Lydia Cooke in East Greenwich Rhode Island
East Greenwich Rhode Island
1802
1802
Age 78
Death of Lydia Cooke in Chatham New York
Chatham New York

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Aug 1724
    Event Place: East Greenwich Rhode Island
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1802
    Event Place: Chatham New York
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Chatham, Columbia County, New York, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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